Optical effects in architecture
It is very curious, the number of optical effects that can occur in architecture, some of them are really amazing. Here I show you a few examples:
This incredible optical effect was captured by a Flickr user in California, while working. The fog along the ray projected at sunset created this effect to make the picture.
Lichtenstein's house is a structure that fools the eye created by Roy Lichtenstein. Depending on the angle from which the house is displayed, you can create the illusion of a house looked fairly solid, but it is not.
The following photographs create the impression that the buildings are in fact flat 2D, because the shape of the corners allowing this illusion. It seems impossible to see how a building can be so fragile standing, but really is not what it seems.
Building in Paris
Bosson Research Center, Philadelphia
Unknown Building
John Hancock Tower, Boston
The staircase to nowhere. It is a work of art exhibited in Munich, recalls works of Escher.
It is no illusion but it's a nice photo of the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, which can pose the question: Who copies who?
These optical illusions have been created by a Swiss artist, Felice Varini, and they are really clever. The illusion can only be viewed from a particular point of view, since they are projections on the walls and ceiling of the building.
An example of these effects in a video.
This paved plaza of Tokyo appears 3D when it is just an illusion.
In this parking in Seattle is difficult to know if the plants are horizontal or inclined.
